baber/WOPTO huggingface dataset:
Patent EP-0781021-A2 (EP)
Title: Network congestion measurement method and apparatus therefor
Inventor: ARGENTATI MERICO EDWARD
IPC: H04L12/56
Filed: 1996-12-03
Abstract: A communication system including a CLOS switching network, and a method for characterizing network capacity, usage, congestion, and blocking and/or near blocking stages. The CLOS switching network includes input, center and output stages each comprised of at least one switch, a plurality of first links connecting each input stage switch to each of the center stage switches, and a plurality of second links connecting each center stage switch to each of the output stage switches. The system also comprises a controller for determining the idle/busy status of each of the first and second links, and for calculating a measurement of available paths between each of the input stage switches to each of the output stage switches based on the status of the first and second links. In one embodiment of the method according to the present invention, the status of each link is determined and the measurement of available paths is calculated prior to executing a routing algorithm to determine the path or paths that can be utilized to satisfy a communication request received by the system. Use of the system and method of the present invention permits for characterization of network capacity, usage, congestion, and blocking and/or near blocking states, and may also result in improved efficiency by avoiding complex routing calculations in no paths or only limited paths are available to satisfy the communication request.
Patent EP-0793207-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TROST DIANE DR
IPC: B60T8/172
Filed: 1997-01-16
Abstract: The method involves determining the grip of rotating wheels of vehicles on a wet surface. A force acting on at least one wheel is permanently measured. From this measured force a signal indicative of the adhesion to ground is generated. The force signal is a threshold value acting on a wheel in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle on a wet drive path (13). A signal is generated from this threshold and the instantaneous vehicle speed. This signal corresponds to that speed at which the vehicle skids with the instantaneous water film thickness. The signal is used to activate a flashing warning display (21). The skid speed may be displayed to the driver. The skid speed may be read out from a vehicle speed and threshold value dependent, experimentally derived characteristic field. The threshold may be determined from deformations in the vehicle detected by one or more sensors.
Patent EP-0803628-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TSUGE NOBORU
IPC: E05F15/689
Filed: 1997-04-22
Abstract: To provide a power window apparatus which can reliably actuate an anti-pinching mechanism even in a window provided with a side visor, a cord switch (4) operable in response to a specific external force (F) is mounted in a joining part of a side visor (5) between a window frame (4) and the side visor (5). The cord switch (4) senses the external force acting on the side visor (5), reliably detecting a foreign object (7) pinched between a window glass (2) and the side visor (5).
Patent EP-0810623-A2 (EP)
Inventor: SOSSENHEIMER KARL-HEINZ DR
IPC: H01J9/24
Filed: 1997-05-22
Abstract: The lamp manufacturing method has an evacuated glass envelope (3) provided by a glass sleeve which is open at one end and a funnel sleeve (5) inserted in the latter at its open end before fusing the edges of the sleeves together. The funnel sleeve is fused to a further sleeve section (6) used for evacuating the interior of the lamp envelope. The length of the open ended glass sleeve is selected so that it is deformed inwards and fused to the funnel sleeve without any residual glass wastage by application of heat, with subsequent evacuation of the interior (7), before separation and sealing of the further sleeve section.
Patent EP-0813026-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BARTENBACH CHRISTIAN
IPC: F21V7/09
Filed: 1997-06-12
Abstract: The illumination unit has at least one lamp reflector unit (1), including a at least partially highly reflecting reflector (4) with a spatially structured surface. On which the light stemming from the lamp reflector unit (1) arranged near the reflector (4) abrasively impinging at an angle on the lamp reflector unit (1). So that the structured surface has reflection surface (5, 6) adjusted inclined to the normals on the normal on the reflector (4), which at least point to the part to the lamp reflector unit. The incident angle (alpha) of the light stemming from the lamp reflector unit (1) lies on the reflector (4) at an angle between 5 and 90 deg., pref. between 10 and 55 deg.
Patent EP-0817320-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TSUJI MASANORI
IPC: H01R13/518
Filed: 1997-07-02
Abstract: A male sub-connector has a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers (52) for
accommodating female terminal metal members (53) respectively. A holding member
(30) accommodates a plurality of male sub-connectors (50). A plurality of terminal
receiving portions are provided on a cover wall of the holding member (30). Entrance
portions of the male sub-connector open to the terminal receiving portions to receive male
terminal metal members of a female sub-connector (10). At the time of engaging the
holding member (30) with the female sub-connector (10), the engagement is influenced by
only a deviation between the holding member (30) and the male sub-connector (50), there
arises only a small positional deviation, so that the male terminal metal members (11) of
the female sub-connector can be entered securely into the terminal accommodation
chambers (52) without being interrupted.
Patent EP-0827324-A2 (EP)
Inventor: CUTLER GREGORY M
IPC: H04N1/195
Filed: 1997-07-22
Abstract: Picture signals representing a stored image stored in an image storage medium are generated.
A stimulation beam (122) having a monotonic non-uniform intensity distribution and a sensor array
(110) including a rectangular array of pixels each generating an image signal are provided. Each
pixel generates in response to light. An image (112) of an object area (108) of the stored image
(103) is formed on the sensor array to define in the object area a fixel (e.g., 311) corresponding
to each pixel (e.g., 331) of the sensor array. The object area is a small fraction of the area of the
stored image. The stored image is stimulated by forming a stimulation spot (114) substantially
centered in the object area of the stored image using the stimulation beam. The stored image is
scanned with the object area and the stimulation spot. This defines fixels in the stored image and
generates a picture signal for each fixel. The picture signal for each fixel represents the
accumulation of light emitted by the fixel in response to the stimulation spot. In scanning the
stored image, the position of the object area and stimulation spot is successively changed relative
to the stored image along a first axis to scan a slice of the stored image. Successive slices (e.g.,
205) of the stored image are scanned along a second axis, substantially orthogonal to the first
axis. At each position of the object area in the stored image, the sensor array is controlled to
generate an image signal in response to the light emitted by each fixel in the object area. Finally,
for each fixel in the stored image, all the image signals generated by the sensor array are
accumulated to generate the picture signal for the fixel.
Patent EP-0831378-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MATSUDA TSUKASA
IPC: G03G13/16
Filed: 1997-08-18
Abstract: An image forming method is disclosed which is structured
in such a way that a toner image carried to a transferring
position by a toner image holding member for holding and
carrying the toner image from a toner image forming position
to the toner image transferring position is transferred to a
predetermined recording medium, 
the image forming method comprising:
   a transferring and fixing step of bringing the carried
toner image into close contact with the recording medium and
transferring and fixing the toner image while heating the
toner image, wherein   a recording medium is employed as the recording medium
which has a thermoplastic transparent resin layer on at least
a surface of a base thereof on which the toner image is
transferred and softening point (Tmp) of the transparent resin
is in the range from - 1°C to - 30°C from softening point
(Tmt) of the toner.
Patent EP-0840084-A2 (EP)
Inventor: GUMBERT HARALD
IPC: F28F9/02
Filed: 1997-09-17
Abstract: The heat exchanger has individual pipes (2) whose free ends are connected to one another in order to form a flow path, and which have seals to prevent leakage of gas or liquid. The outer layer of each pipe is mounted on a rim flange. The pipes can be inserted into openings (1116) which are distributed with set spacings over the surface of two covering components (11), which are made from a polymer material. The openings have circumferential seals (1117) so that the insertion ends of the pipes can seal against the covering components. The pipes may be made from a polymer, metallic, or inorganic material. The size of each opening may also be up to 15 percent smaller than the circumference of the insertion end of each pipe.
Patent EP-0835916-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DEHLER KLAUS DIPL-ING
IPC: C09J7/22
Filed: 1997-10-08
Abstract: Pressure-sensitive adhesive articles (I), comprising (A) an upper material, (B) a layer of contact adhesive and (C) a substrate material with (c1) a base material and (c2) a silicone- free release coating with a separation value (FINAT 10) of not more than 1 N/25 mm against adhesive (B), containing (co)polymer(s) derived from (meth)acrylate, acrylonitrile, styrene, vinyl chloride, vinylidene chloride, vinyl ethers, isoprene, chloroprene, vinylpyrrolidone, unsaturated fluorohydrocarbons, unsaturated carboxylic acids, ethylene-vinyl acetate, vinyl acetate, and/or a combination of di-isocyanate with diol. Also claimed is substrate material (C) as above.
Patent EP-0841819-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YONEDA AKI
IPC: H04N7/52
Filed: 1997-11-11
Abstract: In a video/audio coding and multiplexing method,
coding of multimedia data including video data and audio
data is implemented as a software program operating on a
multitask operating system, and video/audio coded and
multiplexed information in which video/audio
synchronization is realized in specified time units is
obtained. In this method, coded video information and
coded audio information are temporarily stored in a video
buffer and an audio buffer, respectively. A video/audio
synchronization means creates time information using video
block rate information which is created on the basis of the
coded video information and stored with the coded video
information. According to the time information, a coded
video read-out means and a coded audio read-out means read
the coded video information and the coded audio information
from the respective buffers, and the video/audio
synchronization means performs video/audio multiplexing.
Thereby, the coding process and the multiplexing process
are performed at independent timings.
Patent EP-0809075-A2 (EP)
Inventor: NISHIYAMA TOMOHIKO
IPC: F23N5/00
Filed: 1997-05-21
Abstract: A combustion control method includes the steps of providing an oxygen sensor (20) within a furnace (11) or at a flue (19) of the furnace (11), detecting an oxygen concentration of exhaust gas, and controlling an air ratio. A regenerative combustion apparatus includes a regenerative combustion burner (13), an oxygen sensor (20) disposed in an air supply and gas exhaust passage (15, 19) of the burner (13). A combustion control method and apparatus includes the steps of switching an electrical voltage imposed on an oxygen sensor (20) between a first electrical voltage and a second electrical voltage near 0 V, conducting an air ratio control when the imposed voltage is at the first voltage and monitoring unburnt components included in exhaust gas when the imposed voltage is at the second voltage.
Patent EP-0842982-A2 (EP)
Inventor: OHTSUKA YOSHIHIRO
IPC: C08L63/08
Filed: 1997-11-13
Abstract: Disclosed are a curable composition, a cured article
therefrom having improved properties, an asphalt emulsion,
an asphalt mixture for paving, and a cured article prepared
therefrom having an excellent water permeability.
Patent EP-0824163-A2 (EP)
Inventor: THEURER JOSEF ING
IPC: E01B27/04
Filed: 1997-07-09
Abstract: A ballast accommodation device (27) is arranged in relation to the work direction of the machine (1). It has a ballast discharge position (28), a discharge chain (10) height-adjustable by a drive (9), a track lifting device (12), a work cabin (35) and a transport unit (21) for moving away bedding material picked up by the discharge chain in the machine longitudinal direction. The discharge chain is incorporated with its drive (16) positioned in its upper end area, together with a ballast clearance unit (13) which has a component (15) crossways adjustable to the longitudinal direction of the machine beneath the upwardly bent section (8) and the track lifting device (12) between the discharge chain and the ballast clearance unit.
Patent EP-0821763-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TANAKA YASUHIKO
IPC: F04B39/10
Filed: 1997-01-22
Abstract: Cette invention concerne un compresseur étanche à commande électrique lequel comprend un cylindre, une culasse montée sur le cylindre et possédant une chambre d'aspiration ainsi qu'une première et une seconde chambre de refoulement, un piston venant se loger dans le cylindre et, enfin, un mécanisme à soupapes. Ce mécanisme à soupapes comprend un silencieux d'aspiration ainsi qu'un plateau de distribution qui comporte un ou plusieurs trous d'aspiration, un premier et un second orifice de décharge, et un premier et un second trou de passage. Le premier orifice de décharge et le premier trou de passage sont en communication avec la première chambre de décharge, tandis que le second orifice de décharge et le second trou de passage sont en communication avec la seconde chambre de décharge. Le mécanisme à soupapes comprend également les éléments suivants: une première et une seconde soupape de décharge qui sont montées sur le plateau de distribution et se trouvent respectivement dans la première et la seconde chambre de décharge; une lame vibrante d'aspiration définissant une soupape flexible permettant d'ouvrir et de fermer sélectivement l'orifice d'aspiration; un joint de décharge assurant l'étanchéité du plateau de distribution et de la culasse; et enfin, un silencieux de décharge. La première et la seconde chambre de refoulement sont séparées l'une de l'autre par le joint de décharge et définissent ainsi deux espaces indépendants l'un de l'autre, tandis que le premier et le second trou de passage sont en communication avec le silencieux de décharge.
Patent EP-0932659-A2 (EP)
Inventor: DE NOME FRANK WILLIAM
IPC: C11D11/00
Filed: 1997-10-10
Abstract: A process for preparing a high density detergent-composition is provided. The process comprises the steps of: a) drying detergent agglomerates to a free moisture content of less than about 7% by weight thereby forming substantially dry detergent agglomerates; and b) charging the substantially dry detergent agglomerates into a moderate speed mixer/densifier to densify the substantially dry detergent agglomerates to form a high density detergent having a density of at least about 900 g/l. In preferred embodiments, the process also comprises forming hydrated detergent agglomerates via the steps of hydrating an anhydrous hydratable detergent salt to a degree of hydration of at least about 60% and agglomerating the hydrated detergent salt by charging the hydrated detergent salt and additional detergent ingredients into a high speed mixer/densifier and agglomerating the hydrated detergent salt and additional detergent ingredients to form hydrated detergent agglomerates.
Patent EP-0974090-A2 (EP)
Inventor: HANSON GORDON L
IPC: G06F9/445
Filed: 1997-06-17
Abstract: A data communication system for allowing communication between various devices and various operating systems across various types of networking systems. The data communication system includes a host computer system (10) with a display device (15) and a processor (17) for generating signals for the display device, at least one peripheral device (56), and a dynamic device driver (42) for allowing two-way communication between the peripheral device and the host computer system. The dynamic device driver includes an operating system specific portion (33), configured for the operating system of the host computer system, and an operating system independent device driver portion (34), configured for the peripheral device. The operating system includes a linking mechanism (19) for allowing two-way communication between the operating system specific portion and the operating system independent device driver portion, thus allowing two-way communication between the processor and the peripheral device.
Patent EP-1077726-A2 (EP)
Title: Suppression du gout desagreable de preparations orales
Inventor: NELSON SANDRA LYNN
IPC: A23L27/21
Filed: 1997-07-28
Abstract: L'invention porte sur un procédé supprimant le goût désagréable de compositions orales tels que des aliments, des boissons et des produits pharmaceutiques et sur des préparations orales et pharmaceutiques comportant des composants de goût désagréable dont le mauvais goût est supprimé par l'adjonction d'aminoacide phosphorilé tel que la phosphotyrosine, la phosphosérine, la phosphothréonine ou leur mélange aux susdites préparations orales et pharmaceutiques.
Patent EP-0948800-A2 (EP)
Inventor: POTTER MICHAEL D
IPC: H01J9/14
Filed: 1997-12-30
Abstract: Cette invention se rapporte à un dispositif utile en tant qu'élément d'affichage, qui comporte un émetteur d'électrons et une anode disposée de manière à recevoir les électrons émis par l'émetteur. L'anode possède des parties superficielles dotées d'une résistivité différente, la partie superficielle de plus faible résistivité constituant un puits à électrons. Une réalisation préférée possède un émetteur latéral d'électrons à émission par effet de champ et une anode formée selon des procédés spécialement conçus pour former des parties anodiques de résistivité différente, et notamment la partie faisant office de puits à électrons. Cette dernière est de préférence disposée en un emplacement latéralement distant de l'extrémité émettrice de l'émetteur d'électrons du dispositif. Selon un procédé de fabrication particulièrement préféré, on forme l'anode en déposant une couche de base, en déposant et en structurant une couche d'arrêt de l'attaque, dotée d'une ouverture dans le but de définir la partie faisant office de puits à électrons, en formant une ouverture par attaque des couches superposées jusqu'à la couche sous-jacente d'arrêt de l'attaque, et en chauffant la couche de base et la couche d'arrêt de l'attaque de façon à former une surface anodique qui incorpore à la fois une partie puits à électrons et un luminophore cathodoluminescent destiné à émettre de la lumière. L'invention concerne également le processus de fabrication d'une pluralité de dispositifs élémentaires d'affichage permettant la constitution d'un afficheur à panneau plan.
Patent EP-0902095-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LEHNERT FRANK DR
IPC: B22D19/14
Filed: 1998-05-18
Abstract: The damping capacity of a cast light-metal component is increased using an additional element which is an alloy with high damping capacity, and takes the form of a wire fabric serving as a casting insert. The damping capacity is increased as a result of longitudinal elastic deformations which occur within the joint regions between the light-metal matrix and the heavy-metal wire when energy (in the form of sound or vibration) enters into the component.
Patent EP-0887846-A2 (EP)
Inventor: RAMACHANDRAN RAVIKUMAR
IPC: H01L21/302
Filed: 1998-06-02
Abstract: A method for reducing the formation of watermarks
includes providing a semiconductor wafer and contacting
the semiconductor wafer with a solution containing a
watermark reducing amount of at least one cationic
surfactant.
Patent EP-0903807-A2 (EP)
Inventor: LIER JUERGEN
IPC: H01Q15/08
Filed: 1998-06-17
Abstract: The method involves manufacturing a stiff shell (1, 2) defining the shape of the lens and forming the heat treated film and filling the hollow chamber of the shell with a liquid, powdered or paste material forming the lens core (5).
Patent EP-0887768-A2 (EP)
Inventor: MIZUTANI KENICHI
IPC: G09G5/393
Filed: 1998-06-25
Abstract: A graphic processor comprises a timing
generator (12) to output the signal for operation timing
control according to the clock signal, the vertical sync
signal and the horizontal sync signal, a drawing
processor (11) to output the graphic data of the object
figures, a selection section (16) to output the display
buffer address signal under the control of the timing
generator (12), a display buffer (13) to which the
graphic data output from the drawing processor (11) is
input and which outputs the display data signal under
the control of the timing generator (12), a mask section
(17) to mask the display data signal output from the
display buffer (13) as required and a status register
(15) to control the mask section (17) according to the
display buffer address signal.
Patent EP-0875208-A2 (EP)
Inventor: BRYAN GRAHAM W
IPC: A61B1/00
Filed: 1994-07-22
Abstract: A cartridge assembly (60) defining a proximal end, a
distal end, and a tissue contacting surface, the cartridge
assembly including a camming mechanism movable from the
proximal end of the cartridge to the distal end of the
cartridge and a knife member adapted to move through the
cartridge with the camming mechanism while a cutting edge
thereof intersects the tissue contacting surface, 
   characterised in that the cartridge assembly includes
eans for moving the cutting edge out of intersection with
the tissue contacting surface when the knife member
approaches the distal end of the cartridge assembly to
inhibit external exposure of the cutting edge.
Patent EP-0898165-A2 (EP)
Inventor: TORAI HIROYUKI
IPC: A24C5/345
Filed: 1998-08-18
Abstract: A wrapping paper defect inspection apparatus for a
cigarette manufacturing machine is provided which permits
easy and reliable detection of a defect, such as a pinhole,
in elongate wrapping paper continuously transported at high
speed and which is suited for rejecting without fail
cigarettes formed using a defective portion of the wrapping
paper. Optical sensors are arranged at a transportation
path of the wrapping paper for detecting transmission of
light irradiated onto a region of the wrapping paper
excluding the edge portions thereof, and a defect in the
wrapping paper, such as a pinhole, is detected in
accordance with whether or not the optical sensors have
received light. Further, a pair of auxiliary optical
sensors are provided for detecting transmission of light
irradiated to regions including the respective edge
portions of the wrapping paper, and based on the sum of
amounts of light received by the auxiliary optical sensors,
a defective or narrower portion of the wrapping paper than
a prescribed width is detected. The result of defect
detection is output in synchronism with the timing for
wrapping shredded tobacco in the wrapping paper, to reject
defective cigarettes.
Patent EP-0899638-A2 (EP)
Inventor: YASUI YUJI
IPC: G05B13/04
Filed: 1998-08-27
Abstract: A control system for a plant includes a sensor (17,18)
for detecting an output from the plant, an adaptive
controller (5) for controlling a manipulated variable
applied to control of the plant in a manner such that
an output from the sensor becomes equal to a desired
value, and an adaptive parameter vector-adjusting
mechanism for adjusting an adaptive parameter vector
used by the adaptive controller. The adaptive
parameter vector-adjusting mechanism is constructed
such that an updating component for updating the
adaptive parameter vector is added to an initial value
of the adaptive parameter vector, and updates the
adaptive parameter vector by multiplying at least part
of preceding values of the updating component by a
predetermined coefficient which is larger than 0 but
smaller than 1.